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... arms of Daphnis . - The grateful lovers sing hymns to the nymphs . On the following day they sacrifice to Pan , and hang a goat's skin on a pine adjoining his image . The feast which fol- lows this ceremony is attended by all the old ...
... arms of Daphnis . - The grateful lovers sing hymns to the nymphs . On the following day they sacrifice to Pan , and hang a goat's skin on a pine adjoining his image . The feast which fol- lows this ceremony is attended by all the old ...
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... arms they fling , Meet with warm lip , and clasp with rustling wing . Museum at Naples , a fine example of Græco - Roman art . Both works are unfortunately mutilated . The first rendering of Apuleius into English was not until the year ...
... arms they fling , Meet with warm lip , and clasp with rustling wing . Museum at Naples , a fine example of Græco - Roman art . Both works are unfortunately mutilated . The first rendering of Apuleius into English was not until the year ...
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... arms , and followed their barons to the conquest of Jerusalem . At their return they imported into Europe the wonders they had heard , and enriched romance with an infinite variety of oriental fictions . This mode of introduction of the ...
... arms , and followed their barons to the conquest of Jerusalem . At their return they imported into Europe the wonders they had heard , and enriched romance with an infinite variety of oriental fictions . This mode of introduction of the ...
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... arms , its institution , we are told , is as ancient as the age of Charlemagne ; but , if considered as a dignity , which , by certain forms , conferred the first rank in the military order , it cannot easily be traced higher than the ...
... arms , its institution , we are told , is as ancient as the age of Charlemagne ; but , if considered as a dignity , which , by certain forms , conferred the first rank in the military order , it cannot easily be traced higher than the ...
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... arm . The promotion of knights , which sometimes took place after the performance of military exploits , but more fre- quently on church festivals , coronations , baptisms , or the conclusion of peace , was generally followed by jousts ...
... arm . The promotion of knights , which sometimes took place after the performance of military exploits , but more fre- quently on church festivals , coronations , baptisms , or the conclusion of peace , was generally followed by jousts ...
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